Lanarkshire councillor welcomes move to increase numbers allowed at baby classes

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Lanarkshire could be moved into the toughest level of lockdown when existing restrictions are reviewed next week.The First Minister said it was "not enough" to merely stabilise the number of people testing positive for Covid in Scotland as the winter months drew in.North and South Lanarkshire are currently at level three - meaning non-essential shops and some hospitality businesses can remain open - but it had been widely tipped the counties would be placed at level

Rishi Sunak will have to "clear up the mess" on future furlough payments for Scotland created by a succession of Conservative government ministers. Boris Johnson deferred to his chancellor at Prime Minister’s Questions when pressed on whether the Scottish government will get funding for any future Scotland-only lockowns.

a weekly charge for community alarms.Presenting this year’s budget in February, including millions of pounds in cuts, he criticised the Scottish Government for “removing £100 million over the next three years” from North Lanarkshire.The Airdrie Central representative said today: “The council agreed in February that as a result of continuing cuts in grant funding from the Scottish Government, we would have to increase charges for a whole range of services including special uplifts, burial charges

firebombed outside the property in Strathaven.Campbell, 51, has also been subjected to a series of online threats over his stance on crime in the area.However, he said the council had not contacted him despite chief executive Cleland Sneddon receiving Police Scotland’s detailed audit of security weeks ago.

Space Centre on the island of Unst.The UK Space Agency confirmed that Lockheed Martin’s plans to move its UK Pathfinder Launch to the Shetland site at Lamba Ness would continue to deliver "long-term value and help establish a sustainable, commercial launch market as part of the UK’s spaceflight programme – LaunchUK".Shetland Space Centre anticipates that by 2024, the spaceport site could support a total of 605 jobs in Scotland including 140 locally and 210 across the wider Shetland region.A

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Businesses in Lanarkshire may just have avoided closure as the area was only placed in tier four of the new Covid alert system.The area faced being put on the tightest restrictions and the move could have put local firms under, according to business chiefs.Andy Aird, Scotland national group chair of Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said: “Many small businesses across Lanarkshire were worried that they

coronavirus at a Scottish health centre.At least three members of staff are understood to have tested positive for Covid-19 at Motherwell Health Centre in North Lanarkshire in recent days.But a source told the Record of fears that nurses were being advised to go to work and carry out house calls as normal earlier this week - despite some being in contact with infected colleagues from the Windmill Street practice.After their concerns were raised with the health board, staff who had contact with

new electric vehicle charging points being installed in Monklands and across the county.

Leigh Griffiths escaped injury after being involved in a three-car crash near his home. The Hoops striker was caught up in the smash on the Belshill bypass in Lanarkshire last night.

The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill, if passed by Parliament, will also give social landlords the ability to end or transfer a tenancy of a perpetrator of domestic abuse to prevent a victim becoming homeless and enabling them to remain in the family home.

link.But just 41 of those patients were tested, three of whom returned a positive result. That meant 126 patients were discharged to care homes without being tested.Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon has since written to the health board to find out which care homes were affected – but the request was refused as being “manifestly unreasonable”.

published by Public Health Scotland - with 389 of those in the Hamilton area.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Moving into a brand-new home is often one of the most important days of your life.And new householders moving into a social housing development in Wishaw are to get a little extra when moving into their new home.The JR Group – which has worked alongside Link Group to deliver high quality social housing across Scotland for more than five years – has created a generous initiative that gives every new resident

Perth College lecturers’ union secretary has welcomed the latest national pay rise agreement for the 2020-21 session.

Ayrshire has recorded a new record for the amount of coronavirus cases reported in one day.

Rishi Sunak is setting out further support for jobs and businesses affected by coronavirus shutdowns. He will detail the next stage of the Jobs Support Scheme before new restrictions are outlined for the hospitality sector.

link.Dr Marsha Scott, chief executive of Scottish Women’s Aid, said: “For women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, the pandemic has been particularly difficult and dangerous.“Our 36 local Women’s Aid groups have responded with a degree of speed, dedication and innovation that is to be commended - especially given that they have done so in the face of difficulties that very often could have been avoided.“As lockdown and other measures ease, we are expecting a substantial

a new map published by Public Health Scotland has revealed how those cases break down across different neighbourhoods.In the week from Monday, September 28, to Sunday, October 4, the Hamilton area had 222 of the 450 cases in South Lanarkshire.It has a rate of 2.19 cases for every 1000 residents - and 21 of the 46 neighbourhoods across the region with at least one case per 1000 residents are in the Hamilton area.Rutherglen and Cambuslang saw an average of 1.31 cases per 1000 residents last week

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.It won’t be long before there are no banks in Wishaw town centre, according to Councillor Bob Burgess.The Conservative councillor has hit out following the “devastating” announcement by TSB that its branch in the town has closed its doors for good.TSB had initially earmarked the Stewarton Street branch for closure in an announcement in November last year.It was among 17 branches across Scotland and 80 in the